II. MarylandandForeignLimitedPartnerships,LimitedLiabilityCompaniesandLimitedLiabilityPartnerships
(A) Alimitedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorlimitedliabilitypartnershipmay
changeitsresidentagentor
principalofficebyfilingforrecordwiththeDepartmentastatementsignedbyoneofitsgeneralpartnersor
authorizedpersonforalimitedliabilitycompanywhichauthorizesthedesignationorchange.Thenewresident
agentmustalsosign.
(B) Alimitedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorli
mitedliabilitypartnershipmaychangetheaddressofits
residentagentbyfilingforrecordwiththeDepartmentastatementofthechangesignedbyoneofitsgeneral
partnersorauthorizedpersonforalimitedliabilitycompany.
(C) Achangeofaprincipalofficeorresidentagentoraddressoftheresidentagentfor
alimitedpartnership,limited
liabilitycompanyorlimitedliabilitypartnershipiseffectivewhentheDepartmentacceptsthestatementfor
record.
(D) AresidentagentwhochangeshisaddressintheStateshouldnotifytheDepartmentofthechangebyfilingfor
recordwiththeDepartmentastatem
entofthechangesignedbyhimoronhisbehalf.Thestatementshall
include:
1. Thenameofthelimitedpartnership,limitedliabil itycompanyorlimitedliabilitypartnership
forwhichthechangeiseffective;
2. Theoldandnewaddressoftheresidentagent;and
3. Thedateonwhichthechangeiseffective.
(E) Iftheoldandnewa
ddressesoftheresidentagentarethesameastheoldandnewaddressesoftheprincipal
officeofthelimitedpartnership,thestatementshouldincludeachangeofaddressfortheprincipalofficeif:
1. Th
eresidentagentnotifiesthelimi tedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorlimited
liabilitypartnershipinwriting;and
2. Thestatementrecitesthatheorshehasdoneso
(F) Thechangeofaddressoftheresidentagentorprincipalofficeiseffective whentheDepartmentacceptsthe
statementforrecord.
(G) A
residentagentmayresignbyfilingwiththeDepartmentacounterpartorphotocopyofhisorhersigned
resignation.Unlessalatertimeisspecifiedintheresignation,itiseffective:
1. Atthetimeitis filedwiththeDepartment,ifthelimitedpartne
rshiphasmorethanone
residentagent;or
2. TendaysafteritisfiledwiththeDepartmentifthecorporationhasonlyoneresidentagent.
III. OtherInformation
(A) Aresidentagentofaforeignordomesticcorporation,limitedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorlimited
liabilitypartnershipshallbeeither:
1. AcitizenofMarylandwhoresidesinMaryland;or
2. AnactiveMarylandcorporation.
(B) FeesThefeetofileanoticeofchangeofprincipaloffice,residentagent,orresidentagent'saddressis
$25.00percorporation,limitedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorlimitedliabilitypartn
ership.Thereisno
feeforaresidentagenttoresign.
(C) Iflegalquestionsariseregardingthechangeofprincipaloffice,resident agentorresidentagent'saddress,you
shouldconsultanattorneyand/orCorporationsandAssociationsArticleoftheAnnotatedCodeofMaryland.
TheAnnotatedCodeofMarylandcanbefoundin
mostpubliclibrariesinMaryland.Section2‐108oftheCodeis
relevanttochangingtheprincipaloffice,residentagentandresidentagent'saddress.
(D) Walk‐inprocessingofdocumentsisdoneonlyuponpaymentofanexpeditedfee:$50.00tofileadocument,
$20.00toreceiveacertifi
cateofstatus,$20.00toreceivecopiesofadocument.Thesefeesareinadditionto
thenormalfeescharged.Expeditedservicerequestsmayalsobemadebymail.Inboldprintonbothacover
letterandontheenvelopestate"EXPEDITEDSERV
ICEREQUESTED"andincludetheexpeditedfee.
Maryland State Department of Assessments & Taxation
SDAT_Charter_Change Pricipal Office/Resident Agent
Resolution to Change Principal Office Revised March 2023
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